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Market Maker Surveillance Report. SAH, MFA, WU, FNMAS, MMI, QQQ, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, February 14th 20

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February 14, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Tuesday there were 3680 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2181 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3823 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. (NYSE:SAH), MFA FINANCIAL INCORPORATED (NYSE:MFA), WESTERN UNION COMPANY (THE) (NYSE:WU), Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMAS), MOTOROLA MOBILITY HOLDINGS I (NYSE:MMI), (NASDAQ:QQQ). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .

Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:

     Symbol     Change       Percent      Buy Volume      Buy %%       Sell Volume     Sell %%      Net Volume      Friction
     SAH        $0.330       1.88%        149,786         9.31%        1,131,017       70.26%       -981,231        Abnormal
     MFA        $0.020       0.21%        996,570         21.12%       2,879,542       61.03%       -1,882,972      Abnormal
     WU         $0.040       0.23%        2,498,417       23.82%       3,467,764       33.06%       -969,347        Abnormal
     FNMAS      $0.020       1.21%        183,965         6.83%        2,507,845       93.14%       -2,323,880      Abnormal
     MMI        $0.040       0.10%        5,365,112       26.45%       7,621,528       37.58%       -2,256,416      Abnormal
     QQQ        $0.200       0.32%        22,514,152      44.04%       26,598,687      52.04%       -4,084,535      Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows SAH with 981,231 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.33000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. (NYSE:SAH) - Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. The companys dealerships provide various services that include the sale of new and used cars and light trucks; sale of replacement parts, performance of vehicle maintenance, warranty, paint, and repair services; and arrangement of extended service contracts, financing and insurance, and other aftermarket products for automotive customers. As of January 31, 2010, it operated 145 dealership franchises at 122 dealership locations, representing 29 different brands of cars and light trucks, and 26 collision repair centers in 15 states. Sonic Automotive, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

MFA FINANCIAL INCORPORATED (NYSE:MFA) - MFA Financial, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), primarily invests in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that include hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS. MFA Financial has elected to be taxed as a REIT and would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. and changed its name to MFA Financial, Inc. in January 2009. MFA Financial was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

WESTERN UNION COMPANY (THE) (NYSE:WU) - The Western Union Company provides money transfer and payment services worldwide. The companys Consumer-to-Consumer segment offers consumer-to-consumer money transfer services through a network of third-party agents using multi-currency and real-time money transfer processing systems. Its services include walk-in money transfer, online money transfer, telephone money transfer, account based money transfer, and mobile money transfer. The companys Global Business Payments segment provides business payments services for consumers to make payments to various organizations, such as utilities, auto finance companies, mortgage servicers, financial service providers, governmental agencies, and other businesses, as well as offers international business-to-business cross-border, and cross-currency payment services. Its global business payment services include Custom House that conducts payment transactions through various channels comprising the telephone and Internet; services that allow consumers to send funds using cash and debit cards under Western Union Quick Collect and Quick Pay names; Quick Cash, a cash disbursement service for businesses and government agencies to send money to employees or individuals; Western Union Convenience Pay, a service to send payments by cash or check; walk-in and cash bill payment services under the Pago Fcil and Western Union brand names; Speedpay electronic payments service that enables consumers to make payments to various billers using credit cards, debit cards, automated clearing house (ACH), and checks; and Equity Accelerator service, which enables consumers to make mortgage payments by ACH. In addition, the company provides money orders, as well as sells prepaid cards that allow consumers to load money or receive a direct deposit from their employer onto the card. It offers its services through a network of approximately 445,000 agent locations. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMAS) -

MOTOROLA MOBILITY HOLDINGS I (NYSE:MMI) - Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. provides technologies, products, and services for mobile and wire line digital communication, information, and entertainment applications primarily in the United States, China, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Korea. Its integrated products and platforms deliver multimedia content, such as video, voice, messaging, and Internet-based applications and services to various screens, including mobile devices, televisions, and personal computers. The companys Mobile Devices segment designs, manufactures, and sells a range of mobile devices, such as smartphones, feature phones, voice-centric phones, and media tablet devices. It also offers complementary mobile software, services, and accessories. This segment markets its products to mobile network operators and carriers, and consumers through direct sales, retailers, and distributors. Its Home segment provides interactive set-top boxes, end-to-end digital video and Internet Protocol Television distribution systems, broadband access infrastructure platforms, and related data and voice customer premises equipment to cable operators and wire line telecommunications service providers. The company is based in Libertyville, Illinois. As of January 04, 2011, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) operates independently of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

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